Ivan Boldin

Ivan Vasilievich Boldin (15 August 1892-28 March 1965) was a Colonel-General of the Soviet Red Army during the World War II, leading the 8th Guards Army.

Biography
Ivan Vasilievish Boldin was born on 15 August 1892 in Vysokaya, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire. He served in the Imperial Russian Army during the war against the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and he joined the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. In 1920, he became a battalion commander, and he fought in the Polish-Soviet War. In 1923, he graduated from the Vystrel Officer Rifle School, and he led a cavalry-mechanized group during the 1939 invasion of Poland. He commanded the Soviet 50th Army against Nazi Germany during World War II, and he would lead this army from Russia into East Prussia. He led the 8th Guards Army in occupied East Germany after the war's end, and he died in 1965.